Rohtak/Hisar, Oct. 17 -- Four among five people drowned to death in separate drowning incidents in Haryana's Sonepat and Hisar districts, the police said. In the first case, the deceased were identified as Sagar, 7, and Kartik, 6, sons of Sandeep Kumar, a native of Binoli village in Uttar Pradesh who works at the Gaushala in Shahpur Taga village in the Gannaur area of Sonepat district.

Police said their bodies were recovered late in the evening after family members and gaushala staff searched for them for several hours.

According to the family members, Sandeep arrived at the gaushala with his family on Wednesday and was staying on the premises. Around 12 pits had been dug on Wednesday using an earth mover for installing pillars for a sh...